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A history-sheeter ended his beingness connected Sunday aft his lad was arrested for allegedly smuggling immense quantity of ganja.
Following accusation that immense quantity of ganja was being smuggled successful 2 vehicles from Andhra Pradesh, the anti-narcotics squad of Thoothukudi territory alerted their counterparts successful Tirunelveli City and Tirunelveli district.
The Tirunelveli City Police, led by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli East, Vinodh Santharam, intensified surveillance on each large roads entering the metropolis connected Saturday night.
When the constabulary squad conducting conveyance cheque astatine Pottal intersection connected Tirunelveli – Madurai four-lane nationalist highway, stopped a mini cargo conveyance and a sedan pursuing the mini cargo conveyance astir midnight, the operator of the mini cargo conveyance stopped adjacent arsenic the car managed to flee. While a squad surrounded the mini cargo vehicle, different squad started chasing the car adjacent arsenic the Tirunelveli City and Tirunelveli District Police were alerted.
The constabulary squad recovered 80 kg of ganja successful 40 packets from the mini cargo conveyance and arrested its operator Nitish Kumar, 26, of Thaazhaiyooththu.
Even arsenic the hunt was connected to detain the car that managed to escape, a constabulary squad recovered the Kerala-registered conveyance abandoned astatine Karaiyiruppu adjacent Thatchanallur successful Tirunelveli city. The constabulary recovered 140 kg of ganja packed successful 70 parcels from the car and arrested K. Suresh Kumar, 25, of Thaazhaiyooththu.
On getting accusation that his lad Suresh Kumar had been nabbed by the constabulary with 140 kg of ganja, M. Kalaignar alias Kalaignar Pandian, 48, of Ram Nagar successful Thaazhaiyooththu, died by suicide. He was admitted to a backstage infirmary astatine Vannarpet present wherever helium died connected Sunday night.
Police said Kalaignar, who was smuggling atom to Kerala and a fewer much States, was smuggling ganja from Andhra Pradesh and Odisha to beryllium supplied to his customers successful assorted confederate districts and Kerala. When the constabulary grilled Nitish Kumar, who was detained with 80 kg of ganja successful his mini cargo conveyance during this operation, helium reportedly told the constabulary that Suresh Kumar and his begetter Kalaignar were the kingpins down this narcotics business.
“So, we’ve seized ₹3 crore-worth 220 kg of ganja from these 2 persons and further investigations are connected to unearth the contacts of Kalaignar and Suresh Kumar successful this amerciable trade,” said the police.
Police besides revealed that Kalaignar was facing 21 cases including 10 atom smuggling cases. Of the 10 ration atom smuggling cases, 6 cases had been registered by the Civil Supplies CID police, Tirunelveli portion 2 akin cases were registered successful Virudhunagar district. Kalaignar was facing the remaining 2 much atom smuggling cases successful Thoothukudi and Ramanathapuram districts, the constabulary said.
All different cases had been registered successful Thaazhaiyooththu (5 cases), Pettai, Sivanthipatti, Seevalaperi, Tirunelveli Junction and Ambasamudram constabulary stations nether Indian Penal Code and NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, wherever each 1 lawsuit had been filed since 2004. Some of these cases had been disposed of by the courts.
(Those successful distress oregon having suicidal tendencies could question assistance and counselling by calling State’s wellness helpline 104 oregon Chennai-based Sneha’s termination prevention helpline 044-24640050 and Speak2Us helpline astatine 9375493754.)
